Reynolds, I'm a dangerous-minded man on a ship loaded with hurt. Now, why you got me chatting with your peons?

Womack ,'The Message'


Spike's Bitches 39: Cuppa Tea, Cuppa Tea, Almost Got Shagged, Cuppa Tea...  

[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.


sumi - Jan 14, 2008 11:06:29 am PST #2300 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!

I'm tired and cranky today and don't understand why Comcast prefers new customers to people who've been with them 4 ever.


Cashmere - Jan 14, 2008 11:09:23 am PST #2301 of 10001
Now tagless for your comfort.

sumi, once you're a customer, you're unlikely to change that. So they can screw you over. The lack of adequate competition in cable markets sucks and they have us over a barrel.


Kathy A - Jan 14, 2008 11:27:45 am PST #2302 of 10001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil

That reminds me--I have to schedule installation of my new HD cable box (with DVR, my first!) today. I don't know why they charge $17 to come on out with a new cable box, but they do. It sucks.


Cashmere - Jan 14, 2008 11:29:11 am PST #2303 of 10001
Now tagless for your comfort.

I still haven't decided whether to get a second DVR. I'm hemming and hawing.


sumi - Jan 14, 2008 11:30:05 am PST #2304 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!

They won't sell me dvr because I only have digital cable and digital voice and if I got the high speed internet access and the dvr the whole thing would cost almost $200.00 or twice as much as their new customers.


-t - Jan 14, 2008 11:37:25 am PST #2305 of 10001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Can you threaten to leave, sumi? Make them woo you back?


brenda m - Jan 14, 2008 11:39:32 am PST #2306 of 10001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there

I'm tired and cranky today and don't understand why Comcast prefers new customers to people who've been with them 4 ever.

Count your blessings. When I called Direct TV to see about getting their DVR they wanted an additional $50 "new customer fee" because I hadn't been with them long enough to develop a relationship. "And at this rate, that's never going to happen" was my response, along with cancelling two of my three receivers out of spite.

They won't sell me dvr because I only have digital cable and digital voice

Also, what? That makes no sense at all.


Polter-Cow - Jan 14, 2008 11:40:43 am PST #2307 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

Comcast doesn't give a shit because you're not under contract. I specifically asked a guy if they were doing anything to compete with the AT&T U-Verse, which would give me cable and Internet for almost half the damn price of Comcast, and I said I was thinking of switching, and he said I was free to do so. Didn't try to convince me to stay at all.

Because he didn't need to. He knew I'd stay because changing would be a hassle and I was happy with the service if not the price. I knew nothing about the AT&T service.


Laga - Jan 14, 2008 11:42:04 am PST #2308 of 10001
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.

leh. I want to switch but I despise the hoops you have to jump through to get any kind of service.


sumi - Jan 14, 2008 11:43:38 am PST #2309 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!

Also, what? That makes no sense at all

Because dvr is so high in demand that they're limiting to their 3 service customers.